Quickstart

cricinfo is published on npm as cricinfo-cli-go and installs the cricinfo command. The package ships a Node shim that launches a Go binary. During install it uses a platform-specific release binary when available and can fall back to a local Go build.

Install from npm

npm i -g cricinfo-cli-go
cricinfo --version
cricinfo --help

The root help lists every command family and the global output flags. Most workflows start by opening the exact help page for the area you need.

cricinfo matches --help
cricinfo players --help
cricinfo teams --help
cricinfo leagues --help
cricinfo search --help
cricinfo analysis --help

First useful commands

# Current and live match discovery
cricinfo matches list
cricinfo matches live

# Inspect one match once you know its ID
cricinfo matches show 1529474
cricinfo matches scorecard 1529474

# Resolve entities
cricinfo players profile 1361257
cricinfo teams roster 789643 --match 1529474
cricinfo leagues seasons 19138

Use structured output

Use text output for reading and structured output for scripts or agents.

cricinfo matches show 1529474 --format json
cricinfo matches list --format jsonl
cricinfo players profile 1361257 --format json

Global flags available across the CLI:

Flag	Use
--format text|json|jsonl	Pick human-readable text, a single JSON payload, or list-friendly JSONL.
--verbose	Include richer summaries when a command supports them.
--all-fields	Keep long-tail fields in structured output instead of the compact default.

Work from source

Use the checked-in Makefile when developing locally.

make build
make install-local
cricinfo --help